1. Funding in School Libraries Dr. Bilal IS 551 Fall 2005

2. Types of Funding  Federal  State  Local  Other

3. ALA Database on Funding  http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/WO issues/washfunding/funding.htm http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/WO issues/washfunding/funding.htm Federal funding & related materials  http://www.ala.org/ala/news/library funding/libraryfunding.htm http://www.ala.org/ala/news/library funding/libraryfunding.htm Impact of federal funding on all types of libraries

4. Funding for School Libraries  US Department of Education Initiative Improving Literacy through School Libraries  http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/WOiss ues/washfunding/schlbryfunds/schlbry funds.htm#sum

5. Improving Literacy through SL  Grant program for school libraries  Part of the "Reading First" and "Early Reading First Initiative" in the "No Child Left Behind" legislation

6. ESEA: Elementary and Secondary Education Act  ESEA: No Child Left Behind  $12.5 millions for school library resources  Research used to make the case for legislation to improve school libraries

7. Research… (cont’d.)  Keith Lance Studies in Colorado, Alaska & Pennsylvania School Libraries, 2000  www.irs.org  Jim Baughman Research on school library materials in Massachusetts  www.simmons.edu/~baughman/mcas- school-libraries

8. No Child Left Behind  How to participate?  Application for the Program  Campaigning for continued federal funding of the Program